As a person with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, I am sceptical about the value of trigger warnings, at least for people with said condition.
Treatment for OCD involves going towards our fears – unconditional acceptance, to use a phrase a fellow OCD sufferer shared with me the other day. Scared of germs? Go stand near a bin until you’re not. Obsessed you…
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